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  • Cricket: Duckworth/Lewis CalculatorIdeal for any one-day cricket match which uses the Duckworth/Lewis method to calculate the target score if there is an interruption to play. The alg…

    ... that the cursor in the Ball-by-ball table looks a lot ... of other tweaks which generally speed things up slightly.

    PrinceGaz PrinceGaz June 2013 Brand new software
  • need help finding 2 games plshello i've recently undusted my spectrum pc; i remember 2 games witch i seem to have lost in the last 20 years; i know how they act but i dont reca…

    ... speed increases

    the second game is about a bouncing ball ...
    mel the bell mel the bell August 2013 Games
  • If the Wii is a GameCube 1.5 ...... What does that make the Wii U? The Wii was described a few times as a GameCube 1.5 in terms of power, so are Nintendo now operatining one genera…

    ... box / manual
    Need for speed underground 2
    Pikmin
    Super monkey ball
    Timesplitters 2
    Tony ...
    mel the bell mel the bell November 2013 Chit chat
  • Arkanoid Vaus movement issues?After watching Lawnboyspost1975 playing some Arkanoid on Youtube I thought I'd give a whirl as it looked fun on the Speccy. I got an image of it (TA…

    ... it's relative to the ball perhaps ? e.g. when I ... only version I noticed this speed up / slow down.

    fog fog December 2013 Games
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... you threw the ball to automatically intercept the ball, before deciding it ... the speed is perfect, especially for cricket. Any faster and every ball ...
    R-Tape R-Tape December 2013 Games
  • Best Spectrum game from 2013 PollThe time has come. This year to avoid personal attacks towards me :P everybody can select a maximum of 3 games. Every person who votes for more than …

    ... slowly and down at high speed, cheerful music
    demands a ... and effect) to pass the ball to different header players
    hikoki hikoki January 2014 Games
  • Communal Project for ASM NewbiesHi Folks, I tend to learn best by trying stuff and then going through the pain of it not working so that I can research and fix mistakes. I suspec…

    ... bat speed settings.

    Next up is having a ball for ...
    KrazyKattapilla KrazyKattapilla November 2016 Assembler
  • My new Punk music radio showHi folks, just posting that i now do a punk music radio show on the internet if anybody fancies a listen, i play punk, OI!, folk punk, goth, bit of t…

    ... /> 31. The Space Cadets - Gonna Ball Ball Rock Tonight (2:17)
    44. The Speed Devils - The Curse of Dr ... Axe (3:01)
    72. Speed Crazy - My Trial (3:19 ... /> 73. Psychocharger - Invasion Of The Ball Snatchers (4:41)
    74 ...
    mel the bell mel the bell February 2017 Chit chat
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... the game does try to speed the paddle or slow the ... simple as that!

    Ball Breaker has decent presentation, an ... playable, I really do. The ball just seems totally disembodied from ... the regular 2D bat and ball games.

    Bolloxpharm!
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2017 Games
  • Can Arkanoid be played using a Kempston joystick?It says so in the instructions but annoyingly without saying how. I load it up and no matter what button I start the game with, it won't work with a …

    ... is simple, keep the bat speed.

    If the ... last, the step depends on ball(s) positions. Check the ... first ball X;Y coords, then ... check the 2nd ball if it is and calculate ... . Finally check the 3rd ball same. The bat moving ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri June 2017 Games
  • Can Arkanoid be played using a Kempston joystick?It says so in the instructions but annoyingly without saying how. I load it up and no matter what button I start the game with, it won't work with a …

    ... is simple, keep the bat speed.

    If the actual ... last, the step depends on ball(s) positions. Check the first ... fixed speed, although clearly a better idea than this 3-ball approximation ... or[/i] eventually missing the ball when it speeds up enough ...
    Hikaru Hikaru June 2017 Games
  • Calculating coordinates for a curveI need to write some code that will calculate the arc of a curve so that I can draw a sprite at each location to simulate a ball being thrown. The an…

    ... real world a movement of ball being thrown makes a shape ... is the angle or initial speed it will be always a ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2017 Development
  • Calculating coordinates for a curveI need to write some code that will calculate the arc of a curve so that I can draw a sprite at each location to simulate a ball being thrown. The an…

    ... your thing a velocity (signed speed) of +10 (upwards). Say ... the acceleration (-2) to the speed:
    So at the ... second step, [Height, Speed] are [10,8].
    ... the starting vertical and horizontal speed step to be the ... right before drawing your ball.
    joefish joefish August 2017 Development
  • Good MAME gamesJust as everyone has a list of must-play spectrum games, which arcade games are worth playing either because they are still good, or are just a big n…

    ... Investigation (Chase HQ 2)
    Speed Freak
    Spelunker 1& ... /> Super Contra
    Super Dodge Ball
    Super Gem Fighter - Mini ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 August 2017 Chit chat
  • Help with adding graphicsHi, After like 20 years or so I started playing again with Spectrum stuff, especially programming. I tried to dig into machine code, but apart f…

    ... positions for each ball in 2D arrays.
    The speed variable is ... sort of delay when a ball reaches an end position which ... something similar by making each ball wait for a loop in ...
    sfg sfg December 2017 Development
  • SubbuteoSo the other day i was browsing for kid stuff at the hipernarket where i normally go, in the toy section, when in the middle of the playmobil stuff w…

    ... off a ramp at high speed onto the pitch and enjoying ... 's head to kick the ball, it seemed more realistic than ...
    Antiriad2097 Antiriad2097 October 2018 Chit chat
  • Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…

    ... />
    Roadblasters (better impression of speed, difficulty select option)


    Ghostbusters (new 'bouncing ball' intro with AY movie theme ...
    MartynC MartynC January 2020 Games
  • Arkanoid / Batty clones ?Although there is an old 2008 topic [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/16532/best-worst-arkanoid-clones/"]here[/url] , I felt a new …

    ... needs a drop of 30% ball speed.
    spider spider October 2020 Games
  • Hi Guys!......Been a while ain't it? What have a missed? Who has left? Who is still here? Who has kissed who? Who has got married? Who is in jail? :):):):)

    ... whilst riding my Sun 10 speed home from college on a ... rest of my skeleton - mainly ball joints in hands and shoulders ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2021 Chit chat
  • Matchpoint ball algorithmAnyone has any idea how Psions Matchpoint ball algorithm works? Are they calculating the balls' parabola (floating point for just the ball doesn't se…

    ... /> 2) But how about the ball movement and the shadow movement ... ? The shadow and the ball seem to move like it ... gravity fo every frame,the ball will go slower and slower ... Correct y speed. But what about the effect of ball and shadow ...
    tstih tstih July 2021 Development
  • Batty Bug???I am not sure if this is well known or not Batty has gone a bit Batty . The ball goes from the bat to the top RHS corner in an infinite loop . I h…

    ... the reason Arkanoid varies the ball speed over time. Coupled with slight ... the effect of causing the ball to deviate slightly as it ... it will accelerate as the ball bounces and eventually miss the ...
    AndyC AndyC October 2021 Games
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... to optimize the code for speed or memory usage, so the ...
    LCD LCD April 2001 Emulators
  • Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…

    Okay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threads.

    Here is one and come on everybody, join in this one.

    In recent years we have ...
    GeeKay GeeKay February 2002 Games
  • Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…

    ... bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d ... them several times etc. The ball was small, about 1cm diameter ...
    Rich Rich October 2001 Games
  • Please help me find this gameGuys, Your help is appreciated Canno remember the title - Basically the main character of the game was a ball , bounces up and down and you directe…

    ... of the game was a ball , bounces up and down and ... you directed the ball through tunnels.

    You ...
    Mithyron Mithyron August 2001 Games
  • ZX-2-PC Interface continue...A couple of months ago I started to built an interface for less then ? 5,00 which should communicate to the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed t…

    ... the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed to load ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2002 Hardware
  • Connect a Discman o soundcard into a ZX to play games without TapesDavid Madrid / Spain Hi: I like to use more my ZX machines but the load times drives my crazy and I dont like to damage the zx cassete player and t…

    ... load the games at more speed (bauds) than the original tapes ...
    David David January 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…

    ... the "t" channel at some speed (like 9600 or lower, for ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1 Box full of.....2 x ZX Spectrums (48k) Original Spectrum Manuals ZX Printer (plus 2 sealed rolls of paper) ZX Interface 2 (plus Jet Pac rom cartridge) Atari compatib…

    ... Thompson's Decathlon, DK'Tronics - Speed Duel, Hewson Consultants - Nightflite Flight ...
    simon simon September 2001 Sales
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